McLaren not entirely happy with MCL60

In 2022, the McLaren team finished fifth in the Constructors’ Championship at the end of the season. Presenting the new MCL60 car the day before, Andrea Stella, the new team leader from Woking, said the engineers had managed to solve last year’s problems with aerodynamics, but there was still serious work to be done in other areas. the store is.

Andrea Stella: “In evaluating our work last year and the performance of our opponents, we identified many areas where we had opportunities to improve. The good news is that most of them have taken a step forward. I don’t want to go into details, but they have an advantage in terms of aerodynamics.

It’s no secret that aerodynamics is of the utmost importance in Formula 1. There were areas, for example in working with tires, where we needed to improve, and over the winter we did that. However, there are parts of the car that we will further refine at the start of the season.

We are satisfied with the work done, but not completely satisfied with the car that was shown at the presentation. However, the team is optimistic that it can make a good step forward soon.

In winter it is always difficult to judge what progress has been made against rivals and what positions we will be in. As I said, we’re pleased with the development of the machine in most areas, but there are also areas where we’re a little late to development, so there’s no guarantee that we’ll benefit from the direction we’ve taken any time soon of development.

That is why I say that we will continue to develop the car after the start of the season. In a way, I’m just calling for realism, and these words apply more to ourselves. I will be surprised if we are at the forefront of the battle at the start of the season, because to achieve our goals you need to be completely satisfied with the work done.